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Photos from Weeks 3~4 |
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Natural hot springs: there are spa towns and natural sources of geothermally heated water throughout the Pyrenees. We found these 'sources sauvages' in the hills above our campsite at Fontpédrouse, with water almost too hot to touch welling up from the hillside |
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le Petit Train Jaune: the 1 metre gauge rail line travels through the most spectacular parts of the upper Têt valley. Electrically driven (850v third rail - supplied by locally generated HEP), the trains are painted in the Catalan national colours of yellow and red | |
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Les Orgues: we visited this natural phenomenon because we were camped nearby and Rough Guide mentioned it; in fact it was just amazing - like watching erosion as it happened, so soft were the sedimentary deposits |  |
Col d'Ares: a preview of next week's travels. The Tech valley gives access to this mid-level Pyrenean pass into Spain, a major escape route for Spanish Republican refugees fleeing Franco's regime in 1939, and for escapees from occupied France during WW II |
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